NEWS BULLETIN
Mar-Apr 2022
IDRiM Conference 2022

(21-23 September; Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, RO)

Preparations are underway at the Babeș-Bolyai University in ClujNapoca for the IDRiM2022 Conference this September! This year’s
theme is “Critical steps for research and practice in disaster risk
management in the age of climate change and COVID-19
pandemics” We remain hopeful that we will be able to hold a hybrid
event (in-person and online), but the final decision for a hybrid or an all-virtual format will be announced on July 1, 2022.
The Call for Abstracts is open until 30 May, 2022. Visit the IDRiM2022 Conference website to stay updated!
http://idrim2022.com

Conferences of Interest
Dealing with Disasters Conference 2022
(9-10 June; Hybrid; Northumbria University, UK)
Northumbria University’s Disaster and Development Society (DDS) and the Disaster andDevelopment Network (DDN) in association with the Centre for InternationalDevelopment (CID) organise the 13th Dealing with Disasters Conference. This year’s theme
is Dealing with Disaster Prevention and Recovery through Next Generation Social,
Economic and Environmental Health and Well-being. This two-day conference is aimed at all those interested inengaging research, policy and practice for actions towards a more risk-informed, and well-being-enhanced engagementwith disaster prevention and recovery. For more information and registrations visit the DwD2022 website. The call for
poster abstract submissions is active until May 30, while registrations are open until June 5, 2022.
https://dealingwithdisasters2022.wordpress.com

Opportunities of Interest
Five Positions for Women Tenured Professors in Engineering at Tohoku University (Tohoku University, Sendai, JP)
Tohoku University's School of Engineering is committed to promoting diversity,
equity, and inclusion, and so it is pleased to be recruiting five women professors.
Successful candidates will be assigned to a newly established field within thedepartment and expected to grow and nurture their own laboratory whilst teachingundergraduate and graduate courses in cooperation with department faculty remembers. Duties will also include
supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to theAssociation of Leading Women Researchers in Engineering (ALicE) project. Further details, including how to apply, canbe found in the announcement. Deadline for applications is August 1, 2022.
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/careers/school_of_engineering_tenured_women_professors.html

Publications of Interest
Japanese stone monuments and disasters memory – perspectives for DDR(February 2022)

Garnier and Lahournat focused on an often-overlooked aspect of disasters: disaster memory both as a prevention tooland for potentially contributing to the resilience of vulnerable communities in Japan. Their study explored one specificsource of disaster memory in Japan, namely the disaster-related stone monuments scattered throughout the islands.

https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-03-2021-0089

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